Assessment & Psychometrics

CRCD’s research in the areas of assessment and psychometrics cater to the unique educational needs of Singapore, and focus on developing localised measures and assessment tools to better evaluate developmental capacities and processes.

Localised Measures and Tools

List of instruments developed, validated or normed for use in Singapore:
 

Contact Person:  

Goh Kok Yew Shaun

Dr Goh Kok Yew Shaun

National Institute of Education

My research activity over the past 7 years examined if and how language is related to socio-emotional mental health, across multiple cohorts of children in Australia, UK and Singapore. I was awarded a PhD (Clinical Psychology) by the Australian Natio ...

Appointments:
Education Research Scientist, Centre for Research in Child Development Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office for Research

Keywords: Education

Poon Kin Loong, Kenneth

Prof Poon Kin Loong, Kenneth

National Institute of Education

Kenneth is Lien Foundation Chair Professor of Education at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. He is also Dean, Education Research, as well as Centre Director of the Centre for Research in Child Development. Trained ...

Appointments:
Dean, Research and Centre Director, Centre for Research in Child Development Lien Foundation Chair Professor in Education Professor, National Institute of Education - Psychology and Child & Human Development

Keywords: Child Development | Mental Health | Psychology | Special Education

Khng Kiat Hui

Dr Khng Kiat Hui

National Institute of Education

Fannie Khng Kiat Hui is the Deputy Centre Director and Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Research in Child Development (CRCD), National Institute of Education (NIE). She received her B. Soc. Sci (Honours in Psychology) from the Natio ...

Appointments:
Deputy Centre Director, Centre for Research in Child Development Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office for Research

Keywords: Child Development | Psychology | Science of Learning

Ng Ee Lynn

Dr Ng Ee Lynn

National Institute of Education

Dr. Ng Ee Lynn is Senior Education Research Scientist at the Center for Research in Child Development at the Office for Research, NIE. She received her Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University in 2013. Dr. Ng specialises in early childhood ...

Appointments:
Assistant Centre Director, Early Childhood Education Research, Centre for Research in Child Development Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office for Research

Keywords: Child Development | Psychology

Waschl, N.Khng, K. H., Bull, R., Ng, E. L.Sun, H., & Chan, W. T. (2023). Screening for executive function difficulties: An evaluation of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-2nd Edition Screener, Teacher Report (BRIEF2-TS)Psychological Assessment, Online First.

Chan, W. T., Bull, R., Ng, E. L., Waschl, N.,Poon, K. K. (2021). Validation of the Child Behavior Rating Scale (CBRS) using multilevel factor analysis. Psychological Assessment33(11), 1138-1151. 

Ng, E. L., Bull, R., Bautista, A., & Poon, K. (2021). A bifactor model of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System in preschool and early intervention classrooms in Singapore. International Journal of Early Childhood, 53, 197-218.

Waschl, N., Poon, K.K., Chen, M., & Xie, H. (2021). Assessing Family Outcomes over time: Longitudinal measurement invariance of the Family Outcomes Survey-Revised. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education.

Waschl, N., Yang, X., Xie, H., Chen, M.,Poon, K. K. (2021). Construct validity of the Family Outcomes Survey-Revised expanded helpfulness scale. Research in Developmental Disabilities112, 103895. 

Khng, K. H., & Mane,R. (2020). Beyond BCI—Validating a wireless, consumer-grade EEG headset against a medical-grade system for evaluating EEG effects of a test anxiety intervention in school. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 45(null), 101106.

Yang, Y. & LoBue, V. (2020). The Child Affective Facial Expression set short versions (CAFE-Ss): Development and validation of two subsets of children’s emotional faces with variability. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 599245.